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Playing old DOS games
DOSBox, a x86 emulator with DOS. There are still a bunch that Grace still likes. This is apparently a better DOS box than Microsoft provides so you can run old games.
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Bainbridge and back again
Someone mentioned brunch places on Bainbridge, this is indeed the perfect Seattle outing as long as it is nice. Take the ferry out to Bainbridge. Walk on and its easy. Then, take a stroll through the park and get to the Streamline Diner. Its a classic breakfast place. We have their cookbook which is awesome,…
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Fancy smancy and what a view
Well, if you are taking your parents out, there are a couple of traditional places that just reek of Seattle. Assuming you actually like them (your parents I mean). The first is Canlis, we’ve been there a couple of times this year and the main thing is that the view is just spectacular. You overlook…
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EAC settings for LAME
LAME – Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase. This is a great Wiki that gives the settings for the latest versions of LAME MP3 encoder. To summarize, For High quality listening, you can basically encode at 190Kbps to 230Kbps, which correspond to –preset fast standard and –preset fast extreme. Personally, I encode at –preset fast extreme because I’m assuming…
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Playing old DOS games
DOSBox, a x86 emulator with DOS. There are still a bunch that Grace still likes. This is apparently a better DOS box than Microsoft provides so you can run old games.
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Widescreen Gaming
Widescreen Gaming Forum Portal. With our new widescreen monitor, older games look wierd. So here’s a site that is dedicated to fixing it. There is a “Master List”:http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/masterlist.php that shows you how to fix your games. A few hacks are noted here for my favorites: h2. Call of Duty The original one which I still…
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Zelary
Zelary (2003). Well, this was a strange movie. I have to admit I don’t know why I got it for Connie. It is about the a life in the Czech Republic during World War II. Amazingly accruate at least it ties well with what Max Hastings says in Armageddon, a history of the 1944-45. Brutal,…
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Epic Powder
SkiWashington.Com. Got up on Friday to Snoqualmie (conditions were just OK, it was kind of too warm and the powder was wet, but lots of fun), but Saturday was awesome at Crystal. The boys and I skied black diamonds all day and found lots of powder still around. Larry over at skiwashington did even better……
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Sharing Files with Azureus and BitTorrent
Host and share your torrents – AzureusWiki. Wow, it is really easy to share your files with the Azureus client using the BitTorrent protocol. Basically, what you do is to choose File/Share and then you can share files. This is really great because the BitTorrent sharing means that the shares are very robust over the…
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TV Torrent
#TVTAD @ EFNET. An amazingly cool idea, basically, what this does is monitor an RSS feed for the latest TV shows. Then you can download them with Bittorrent. Makes it very convenient to watch shows outside of the US, etc. Obviously, you want to remain legal, etc., but it sure is the future of television…